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Iran's new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

L to R: Head of the Council of Experts Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, Iran's judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Former President, Mohammad Khatami, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's head of Guardians Council Ahmad Janati, former President, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Cheif of staff of the leader's office, Mohammad Mohammadi Golpaygani attend Ahmadinejad's swearing-in ceremony at parliament in Tehran, 06 August 2005.(UPI photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

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